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A trucker temporarily blinded by Thursday night's torrential downpour in Allentown ran into a South 10th Street utility pole, which snapped off and crashed down on his tractor-trailer. Phillip Hoyt of Willow Springs, Mo., said he was delivering concrete to an Allentown business at 10:20 p.m. when his windshield wipers couldn't keep up with the heavy rain. "When I came down that [10th Street] hill, I was thinking maybe I should just park here and wait," he said. But not knowing when the rain would let up, he went a little further and turned into the pole.

Two cars and a tractor-trailer crashed on westbound Interstate 78 in Lower Saucon Township on Tuesday afternoon, injuring two people, according to police radio reports. The vehicles crashed about 5:05 p.m. at mile marker 64.7, just west of I-78's Hellertown Road exit. Police radioed that two people had moderate injuries, one from an air-bag deployment, and the cars had moderate to severe damage. Fifty to 75 feet of the median barrier was torn up in the crash. Both I-78 westbound lanes were shut down to allow ambulances and other emergency workers to treat the injured and move the damaged vehicles.

At least one person was injured seriously Friday night near New Ringgold in Schuylkill County when a car collided with a tractor-trailer, according to police radio reports. One unconscious person reportedly was flown to a hospital after the accident, which happened about 10:40 p.m. at Summer Valley Road and Evergreen Drive in East Brunswick Township. The accident scene is about 2 miles southwest of New Ringgold. State police from Frackville were on the scene early Saturday.

A 37-year-old Wilson man accused of stealing and scraping $1.2 million worth of semi trailers turned himself into Pennsylvania State Police Saturday. Jason Smith surrendered himself at the Belfast barracks Saturday, police said, and was arraigned before District Judge Daniel Corpora. He was sent to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $20,000 bail. State police used an anonymous tip and satellite tracking to charge Smith and Christopher J. Warnicke, 38, of Somerset County, N.J., with stealing 31 trailers worth more than $1 million.

By Manuel Gamiz Jr. and Pamela Lehman, Of The Morning Call | August 2, 2013

State police used an anonymous tip and satellite tracking to charge two men with stealing 31 trailers worth more than $1 million the men later sold for scrap, according to Northampton County Court records. Authorities on Friday announced charges against Christopher J. Warnicke, 38, of Somerset County, N.J., and Jason Smith, 37, of Wilson. Both are charged with theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy. Warnicke is also charged with corrupt organizations. Warnicke was arraigned by District Judge Daniel Corpora on Wednesday and released after posting $50,000 bail.

Atruck that flipped onto its side and went up an embankment while exiting Interstate 78 eastbound at Hamilton Boulevard in South Whitehall Township caused traffic tie-ups Thursday morning. The accident happened about 7:25 a.m. and also involved a car. Initially, the ramp was closed, but it was later reopened as work continued to right and remove the truck. Emergency radio dispatches indicated there were no serious injuries. — Tracy Jordan

A 23-year-old man was killed Friday morning when his car crashed into two tractor-trailers on Route 100 in Upper Macungie Township, authorities said. Steven Winkler of Lower Macungie Township was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest as a result of the 10:46 a.m. crash, Upper Macungie police said. First Deputy Coroner Eric Minnich said Winkler died as a result of blunt force injuries to the head and his death was ruled an accident. Police said Winkler was driving north on Route 100 near Industrial Boulevard when he crossed over the raised concrete center median and hit two tractor-trailers, one driven by George Betz, 70, of Coopersburg, and the other driven by John Taylor, 60, of Rome, N.Y. Betz and Taylor were not hurt, police said.

A tanker tractor-trailer struck and killed a 40-year-old Schuylkill County man crouched over on Route 209 in Port Carbon about 1:15 a.m. Thursday, state police reported. Sean Malone of Port Carbon was pronounced dead at the scene by Schuylkill County Deputy Coroner Joseph Pothering. State police in Schuylkill Haven said the truck driver made no evasive maneuvers to avoid hitting Malone because he never saw him. State police said the truck driver, David Manns, 42, of Pottsville, did not notice Malone because he was crouched over in the middle of the southbound lane of Route 209. The truck hit Malone about a quarter mile north of Anderson Street and continued traveling south for another 90 feet.

A man was injured Wednesday afternoon when his car collided with the trailer of a tractor-trailer on Route 209 in Franklin Township, east of Lehighton. The car was northbound on Route 209 about 4 p.m. when it collided with the rear trailer wheels of an oncoming tractor-trailer. The truck driver was not injured. Franklin Township Fire Company firefighters extricated the car driver, who was treated on the scene by Lehighton Paramedics and then taken to an area hospital. The accident stopped Route 209 traffic just as the afternoon rush hour began.

The trailer of the highly anticipated film "Lovelace" starring Allentown's Amanda Seyfried as the titular character has been released. The film which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and is scheduled for limited release Aug. 9 stars the 2003 Allen High school grad as porn star Linda Lovelace who who was best know as the star of the 1972 hard core porn film "Deep Throat. " Seyfried has traded her signature blond locks for a 1970s era curly brunette is reunited with her former "Big Love" co-star Chloë Sevigny on the movie.